J.R. Burkholder, professor emeritus of religion, dies at 91

John Richard (J.R.) Burkholder, Goshen College Professor Emeritus of Religion, died in the early morning of Dec. 20, 2019, one day after his 91st birthday. 

Kennard Martin, GC’s longest-serving employee, dies at 78

Kennard Martin, 78, a groundsperson and longest-serving employee in the history of GC, died Aug. 29, 2019. Martin would have marked his 58th work anniversary this week.

Deb Detwiler, professor of music, dies at age 62

Dr. Debra Detwiler, Goshen College professor of music, died Monday, April 22, early in the morning at her home in Goshen. She was 62 years old and taught at the college for 20 years.

Tony Hurst, adjunct professor, dies at age 75

Gerald R. "Tony" Hurst, an adjunct professor at Goshen College, died peacefully at the Greenhouse Village Strawberry Fields Home Thursday, Feb. 14, in Goshen, at the age of 75.

Carolyn Schrock-Shenk, conflict studies professor, remembered for transformative effect on students

Goshen College Associate Professor of Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies Carolyn Schrock-Shenk died early Wednesday morning, Feb. 6, 2019, after a brief hospitalization at the age of 63.

Gerhard Reimer, professor emeritus of German, dies at 90

Gerhard Johan Reimer, professor emeritus of German, died Jan. 1, 2019. He was 90 years old. Reimer taught German and occasionally Spanish at Goshen College from 1966-1994, and led eleven study abroad groups for the college’s Study-Service Term (SST) and Brethren Colleges Abroad (BCA) in Costa Rica and Germany.

Katherine Yutzy, professor emerita of nursing, dies at 91

Katherine “Kay” Yutzy associate professor emerita of nursing at Goshen College, died Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018, at the age of 91. She taught nursing at Goshen College in 1970, 1973-75 and from 1977 until her retirement in 1993.

Philip Thomas ’87 remembered as influential global peacemaker

Goshen College alumnus and adjunct professor Philip Thomas, a peace advocate who had traveled to more than 30 countries around the world in his work with heads of states, indigenous groups, community leaders and corporate executives, died on Nov. 29, 2018, of natural causes due to a heart attack  in Nairobi, Kenya.

Lon Sherer, Goshen College music professor and violinist, dies at 85

Lon H. Sherer, a violinist, conductor and professor emeritus of music at Goshen College whose unexpected loss of hearing in one ear led to a deeper understanding of teaching and learning, and to a widely read book about that professional journey, died at his home in Goshen on Saturday, June 9. He was 85 years old.

C. Norman Kraus, professor emeritus of religion, dies at age 94

Norman Kraus, professor emeritus of religion, died Friday, April 6, 2018, at Sentara RMH Medical Center in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He was 94 years old.